Dellanira Garcia, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Dr. Dellanira Garcia, a licensed clinical psychologist, obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington. She was awarded a National
Research Service Award (F31) from the National Institutes of Mental Health to examine social capital and mental illness among women of Mexican descent. Dr. Garcia's research focuses on socio-cultural contextual factors impacting ethnic minority mental health and sexual risk behaviors, with an emphasis in Latino populations. Her community-based work, conducted in both English and Spanish, focuses on women, ethnic minorities, and underserved/marginalized populations. Dr. Garcia has national and international experience examining stigma and HIV prevention with women.

Dr. Garcia has co-authored several publications inpeer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters and has numerous
presentations at professional conferences. Her published works focus on the roles of race/ethnicity and gender inequities in the areas of mental health, social capital, sexual risk and HIV risk behaviors. Her published work includes a co-authored publication examining the intersection of gender and ethnicity in HIV risk
among Latinos and African Americans in the U.S. in the American Psychologist (2013).

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Courses Offered

Culture and Mental Health

Adult Psychopathology

Research Methods and Design

Publications

Rao, D. & Valencia-Garcia, D. (2014).
Stigma and Culture: Theory and Evidence for the Way Forward. In
P.W. Corrigan (Ed.) American Psychological Association, The
Stigma of Disease and Disability: Empirical Models and Implications
for Change.

Awards and Distinctions

2014-2016: National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Award for her continued work on health disparities among Latino populations. The objective of this two-year award is the recruitment and retention of qualified health professionals whose research focuses on minority health disparities or other health disparities.